Pele's Beautiful Game

What is the main idea of "Pele's Beautiful Game"?

• Pele helped bring together teammates who did not get along before.

• Pele became famous for doing things no other soccer player had done.

• Pele was popular in Brazil, but was not well-known elsewhere until now.

• Pele made soccer the most popular sport in Brazil by winning the World Cup.

Why was Pele's 1958 World Cup Championship special?

• Sweden and Brazil had been enemies in a war.

• Pele was the youngest player to ever play in a World Cup.

• Brazil would not play in another World Cup for many years.

• It was the first time Brazil won the World Cup championship.

Paragraphs 1-2 relate to the rest of the text....

• by showing how important soccer has been in Brazil so readers understand why Pele matters.

• by comparing the way soccer is played in Brazil to other countries so readers understand the sport.

• by giving details about Brazil's geography so readers understand how soccer became popular there.

• by explaining the history of soccer in Brazil so readers understand why the World Cup was invented.

What does the phrase "spread like wildfire" mean as it is used in paragraph 2?

• Soccer became popular very quickly.

• Soccer was a harmful and dangerous sport.

• Soccer made people very hot when they played.

• Soccer leagues started out small but became very large.

According to the selection, why does the author include information about Brazil having the first soccer league created by Charles Miller?

• To explain why Brazilians are good at soccer

• To describe why Pele was important to soccer

• To explain why Brazil takes great pride in it's soccer culture

• To explain the history of soccer